This is a list of the largest airlines in Asia by fleet size and total passengers carried in a twelve-month period. The table is updated periodically as and when new monthly data are available. Figures are for individual airlines; aggregate figures for airline groups (airlines and their partners/subsidiaries related by full equity ownership) are shown only when they are officially published. The list excludes companies headquartered on the Asian side of Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2020)

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Rank	Country	Airline / holding	'24	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	Passenger fleet	Current destinations	Sources	Alliance
1	China	China Southern Airlines		142.2	62.6	98.5	96.9	151.6	139.8	126.2	114.6	109.4	100.9	91.8	86.5	80.7	76.4	629	216		n/a
2	China	Air China 3		128.4	38.6	69.0	68.7	115.0	109.7	101.5	96.5	89.8	83.0	77.7	72.4	69.4	60.0	456	201		Star Alliance
3	India	IndiGo	17.5(Feb)	103.5	76.7	48.4	35.0	84.7	61.9	49.2	41.0	29.7	22.8	19.3	15.8	12	8.5	342	118	[1]	n/a
4	China	China Eastern Airlines 2		31.1 (Apr)	42.5	79.0	74.5	130.0	121.1	110.8	101.7	93.8	83.8	79.1	73.1	68.7	64.9	588	248		SkyTeam
5	Malaysia	Air Asia Group 4		57.0	34.2	7.7	22.8	83.5	73.0	63.3	60.1	54.8	48.8	45.2	34.1	29.9	25.7	255	165		-
6	India	Air India Limited 11	10.3(Feb)	54.5	22.1	14.1	11.3	30.4	28.3	26.4	23.5	18.0	16.7	17.3	16.0	-	15.0	122	102		Star Alliance
7	United Arab Emirates	Emirates 1		43.6	19.6	6.6	56.2	58.6	58.5	56.1	51.9	49.3	44.5	39.4	34.0	31.4	27.4	252	157	[2]	n/a
8	Japan	All Nippon Airways 8		42.7	29.2	18.8	13.1	50.7	49.8	49.2	47.3	50.8	50.4	49.0	47.4	44.9	45.7	225	97		Star Alliance
9	Japan	Japan Airlines 7		40.7	30.1	16.2	8.5 (Apr)	44.6	43.6	42.3	40.6	39.9	39.1	38.6	37.6	35.4	44.7	156	92		oneworld
10	Singapore	Singapore Airlines 9		34.7	20.7	2.2	7.0	38.1	35.5	32.4	33.7	22.5	22.2	18.7	18.1	16.9	16.6	157	137		Star Alliance
11	China	Hainan Airlines 5		-	21.1	41.3	37.0	81.7	79.9	71.7	46.3	38.6	35.6	26.3	22.6	20.5	18.6	221	110		n/a
12	Indonesia	Lion Air Group 6		-	-	9.9 (Lion Air only)	-	-	56.3	51.8	40.8 (Lion & Batik only)	53.0	45.0	37.9	32.0	27.0	20.5	140	60	[permanent dead link]	n/a
13	Saudi Arabia	Saudia		30.3	31.9	-	-	36.9	-	32.2	30.0	27.9	14.8	11.5	10.3	8.4	-	157	132		Skyteam
14	Vietnam	VietJet Air		25.3	20.5	5.4	15	25.0	23.1	17.1	14.1	9.3	-	-	-	-	-	74	46		n/a
15	Qatar	Qatar Airways 12		-	31.7	18.5	5.8	32.3	29.5	29.1	32.0	30.0	26.7	22.4	18.0	17.0	16.0	253	173		oneworld
16	Vietnam	Vietnam Airlines 25		24.2	21.1	6.1	14.1	22.9	21.9	21.9	20.7	17.4	15.7	15.0	14.0	-	-	103	64	[permanent dead link]	SkyTeam
17	Philippines	Cebu Pacific 14		20.9	14.9	3.4	5.0	22.5	20.3	19.7	19.1	18.4	16.9	14.4	12.3	10.5	9.6	52	62	Archived 2020-05-29 at the Wayback Machine	Value Alliance
18	Hong Kong	Cathay Pacific 22		18.0	2.8	0.7	4.6	35.2	35.4	34.8	34.3	34.0	31.5	29.9	29.0	27.6	26.8	159	88		oneworld
19	Indonesia	Garuda Indonesia 10		-	14.8	11.0	10.8	31.9	38.4	36.2	34.9	32.9	29.1	24.9	20.4	17.1	12.5	134	90		SkyTeam
20	United Arab Emirates	FlyDubai		3.4 (Mar)	10.6	5.6	3.2	9.6	11.0	10.9	10.4	9.0	7.3	6.9	5.1	-	-	78	114		n/a
21	United Arab Emirates	Air Arabia 21		16.7	12.8	5.0	3.0	15.0	13.0	12.0	11.5	10.8	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.6		64	170		n/a
22	Philippines	Philippine Airlines 17		14.7	9.3	2.9	3.9	16.7	15.9	14.5	13.4	12.0	12.0	11.2	12.7	-	-	78	72		n/a
23	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines 16		14.5	9.9	1.7	3.9	-	-	14.0	20.7	15.0	16.0	17.2	13.4	13.3	13.1	81	64	[permanent dead link]	oneworld
21	United Arab Emirates	Etihad Airways 15		14.0	10.0	3.1	4.2	17.5	17.8	18.6	18.4	17.6	14.8	11.5	10.2	8.3	7.1	103	81		n/a
25	Thailand	Thai Airways 18		13.6	9.0	1.6	5.9	24.5	24.3	24.6	22.3	21.2	19.1	21.5	20.6	18.4	18.2	66	40		Star Alliance
26	Taiwan	EVA Airways 24		11.2	2.2	0.3	2.3	12.8	12.5	12.1	11.2	10.0	8.9	8.0	7.5	6.6	6.4	87	62	[permanent dead link]	Star Alliance
27	India	SpiceJet	1.8(Feb)	10.2	12.4	9.0	8.0	24.3	19.2	17.3	14.3	11.7	12.6	11.7	9.5	8.6	6.6	118	53		n/a
28	Taiwan	China Airlines 23		9.5	1.5	0.2	2.4	15.6	15.6	15.1	14.7	14.7	14.1	12.8	11.4	-	11.3	84	102		SkyTeam
29	South Korea	Korean Air 13		-	-	5.7	7.5	27.0	-	26.8	26.8	24.9	23.3	23.6	24.0	23.3	22.9	159	121		SkyTeam
30	South Korea	Asiana Airlines 19		-	-	-	-	-	23.5	17.2	18.4	-	17.3	16.3	15.0	14.7	13.9	83	90		Star Alliance
31	South Korea	Jeju Air		-	7.9	6.5	4.3	8.4	12.0	4.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	41		Value Alliance
32	Kazakhstan	Air Astana 20		-	7.4	6.6	3.6	5.1	4.3	4.2	3.8	-	-	3.7	3.3			29	67		n/a
33	India	Akasa Air	1.1(Feb)	6.2	0.7													22	16		n/a
34	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Airways		-	4.0	3.0	-	11.0	10.1	9.9	-	8.6	7.8	6.5	5.2	-	-	34	58		n/a
35	Jordan	Royal Jordanian		-	3.0	1.6	-	3.3	3.3	3.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	43		oneworld
36	Bangladesh	Biman Bangladesh Airlines		-	2.8	1.2	0.9	1.8	1.8	1.7								159	88		n/a
37	Thailand	Bangkok Airways		3.0 (Sep)	2.6	0.5	1.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.1	4.9				35	30		n/a
38	Taiwan	Starlux Airlines		3.5	0.3													21	21		n/a
39	India	Alliance Air (India)	0.2(Feb)	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	-	21	75		n/a
40	Oman	Oman Air		-	-	1.2	-	-	-	8.5	7.7	6.4	5.1	4.9	3.8	3.3		50	53		oneworld
41	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan Airlines		-	-	1.3	0.2	5.3	5.8	5.9	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.3	3.8	3.3		25	43		oneworld

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